For the first win at Roland Garros Andrea Vavasori And julius zapieri, The two Blues, coming from qualifying, defeated Serbian Miomir Kekmanovic and Kazakh Alexander Bublik respectively in the fifth set.
Vavassori, No. 148 ATP, comes back from two sets to nil, wins three tie-breaks in a row, and finally defeats Kekmanovic, world No. 37, 57 26 76(8) 76(3) 76(9) in five hours ends after. and 10 min. Zapieri defeated Bublik 6-0, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
jasmine paolini She is the fourth Italian to pass the first round this year at Roland Garros, the second Slam of 2023, taking place on the red clay of Paris. The 27-year-old from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, WTA n.53, beat Romanian Sorana Cristea, n.32 in the rankings and 30 seeding, 7-5 2-6 6-2 after two and a half hours of play. In Thursday’s second round, Paolini will find Serbian Olga Danilovic, n.105 Wta, on the other side of the net. nothing to do instead lucia bronzettiWas knocked out in the first round of the second Slam of 2023 by Tunisian Ons Jabour, ranked No. 7 in the world, in two sets (6–4, 6–1), in one hour and ten minutes.
But the news of the day has to be a surprising exit in the first round Daniil Medvedev, The Russian, winner of the previous Italian international and favorite of the Paris tournament, lost to Brazil’s Thiago Seboth Wilde, No. 174 in the world and coming from a qualifier, with a score of 7 in five sets. -6 6-7 2-6 6-3 6-4.
casper rood On the other hand, he passes the first round without any problems. The fourth seeded Norwegian defeated Elias Ymer of Sweden 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. He will take on Giulio Zapieri in the next round. America is also moving forward tommy paulNo. 16 on the draw, which eliminated Swiss Dominic Strier (6-3, 6-2, 6-4 partial).
Two other seeded heads move on: Dane holger rune and american taylor fritzThe seed numbers 6 and 9, respectively, advance to the second round. In his opening match, Rune beat American Christopher Eubanks 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) 6-2, while Fritz beat compatriot Michael Momoh 6-2 6-1 6-1.
Coco Gauff Seeded number 6 defeated Spain’s Rebecca Masarova 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
inga swotek advance. The Polish tennis player, No. 1 in the WTA rankings and scoreboard, won 6–4 6–0 in her debut against Spanish Kristina Buxa.
Other men’s first round results – Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) b. JJ Wolff (US) 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 Nicolas Jarry (Chi) b. Hugo Delion (BOL) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 Alex Molkan (SVK) b. Hugo Gaston (Fr) 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-4 Max Purcell (Aus) b. Jordan Thompson (Aus) 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, Francisco Cerundolo (Arg, 23) b. Jaume Munar (Esp) 6-1 2-6 7-6(5) 6-1 Emile Rusuvuori (Fin) b. Gregoire Barrere (Fr) 6-2 6-7(7) 5-7 6-1 6-4
Other women’s first round results – Danilovich (SRB) b. Bandel (UKR) 6-3 6-2 Dodin (Fr) b. Janisjevic (France) 0-6 6-2 6-1 Noskova (Czech Republic) b. Kovinik (Mne) 6-3 2-1 Ret. Grahar (Auto) b. Russia (Ned) 6-2 6-3